[Current approaches in the treatment and rehabilitation of patients with neurological diseases after COVID-19. Resolution of the International Experts Forum]. / Lechenie i reabilitatsiya bol'nykh s nevrologicheskimi narusheniyami posle perenesennogo COVID-19. Rezolyutsiya Mezhdunarodnogo foruma ekspertov.

Despite the significant shift in global attention away from the pandemic, the problem of a new coronavirus infection remains important in the medical community. Almost 3 years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic the issues of rehabilitation and management of delayed manifestations and sequelae of the disease are especially important. According to numerous available data, the new coronavirus infection is characterized by multiorgan lesions. Respiratory dysfunction, clotting disorders, myocardial dysfunction and various arrhythmias, acute coronary syndrome, acute renal failure, GI disorders, hepatocellular damage, hyperglycemia and ketosis, dermatological complications, ophthalmological symptoms and neurological disorders may be found. Significant prevalence of the latter in the post-coronavirus period necessitated this International Expert Forum to develop unified approaches to the management of patients with neurological complications and sequelae of new coronavirus infection based on practical experience and considering the scientific information available on COVID-19. The expert council developed a resolution formulating the tactics for the management of patients with neurological manifestations of COVID-19.

Association of rural life setting and poorer quality of life in Parkinson's disease patients: a cross-sectional study in Croatia.

Assessment of quality of life (QoL) has become an important measure in Parkinson's disease (PD) healthcare as a part of the efforts to evaluate the 'total burden' of the illness, and not only the motor disabilities. By analogy with some other diseases, we aimed to investigate potential urban-rural disparities in QoL in PD patients. A total of 111 consecutive PD patients were assessed for QoL using a specific 39-item version of PD quality of life questionnaire (PDQ-39) in a cross-sectional study involving two centers in Croatia. Rural life setting (adjustment for center, age, sex, levodopa dose, disease duration and severity, education, employment status and number of household co-members) was an independent negative predictor of QoL: rural patients had significantly (P < 0.05) worse PDQ-39 Summary Index Score and most of the PDQ-39 subscale scores (cognition, social support, stigma, emotional wellbeing and mobility score, and communication and activity of daily living scores with borderline significance) than their urban counterparts. Socioeconomic background should be considered in attempts to achieve the best management of PD patients' needs.